6/29/12

SR500 stuff

I've been getting the SR500 tank ready to paint, starting with chemically stripping the original paint. I'd never tried the Rust-Oleum aerosol aircraft stripper, but it is now my favorite. It took the paint off quickly, and left much less of a mess than brush-on types I've used before. In the picture is the tank after using the stripper and a plastic scraper, and then a wipe-down with paper towels. Much less left over residue than the brush-on types.
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I had planned on using some reproduction Yamaha enduro tank decals, but found these while looking on ebay. I think they will look really neat. I still haven't decided on paint color.
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1 comment:

loveless said...

whoah! the decal's look the business, i had a little '70's flashback there.....